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A Sadaroku kokuin can be found at the link below along with a translation by Morita san. "What Exactly Is A Kokuin On A Gunto?" https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/21000-what-exactly-is-a-kokuin-on-a-gunto/
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The company name from the advertisement is below. 若瀬軍刀製作所 = Wakase Guntō Seisaku-jo = Wakase Military Sword Workshop. The thread below as previously indicated has several pictures of the patented Wakase scabbard drag. "Show Us Your High Class Gunto" https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/18610-show-us-your-high-class-gunto/
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Were children's swords ever made?
Kiipu replied to Chasing's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Sladen, Douglas. The Japs at Home. 5th edition. London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, Limited, 1895. Page 255. "Miniature Japanese Army Parade Sword" https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/miniature-Japanese-army-parade-sword-300106/ -
Looks like a 36th series, army contract blade. If you acquire it, double-check the date side and see if it has an M inspection mark. The M can be found toward the top or bottom of the nakago and sometimes both locations will have one.
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Sorry, according to Nick the logo was used by Matsuya, a department store, and not a sword maker. "Matsuyama Factory Banners - Need Help Translating!" https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/matsuyama-factory-banners-need-help-translating-749404/#post2098918
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Just to make sure everyone is aware of this recent revelation by Nick, Type 100 Officer's Swords were inspected from the beginning in 1940. This is the reason we are seeing inspection marks on this sword so early and not on Type 98s. It may be necessary to separate Type 98 and Type 100 markings for this reason. "Legally rebutting the existence of a Type 3 Army Officer's Sword" https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/f216/legally-rebutting-existence-type-3-army-officers-sword-708745-post2095801/#post2095801
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Looks like a Gifu stamp to me. "Kiyotsugu Reference / Info" http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/18858-kiyotsugu-reference-info/
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A cursory search yields that this is common knowledge among officer gunto collectors that they are marked like this. "Nagamitsu Type44 Mounting. New Today !" http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/18659-nagamitsu-type44-mounting-new-today/
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Thank you very much for sharing this information! All that I knew came from one Chinese webpage. As this is getting off topic, I will sign off on the matter. 65type-cavalry-sword-baidu.pdf
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If these are serial numbers, then they start at 1 and will go to three, four, or five digits. It looks like four digits in this case. After finishing the initial range of numbers starting with 1, they would start using a katakana prefix that follows the iroha poem order. In the West, we call these prefixes series marks. 1 to XXXX イ1 to イXXXX ロ1 to ロXXXX Something similar happened with Mantetsu swords except they did not use the no prefix series that started at 1.
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We have been looking for you BangBangSan! Do you happen to have the history on these? https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/f216/short-development-history-type-95-gunto-676112-post2097693/#post2097693
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Has anyone seen an example of this sword before? Japanese records indicate at least 7,000 were in use. It is not discussed or depicted in any of the guntō books to date.
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Actually, yours is lower. 阪 3490 vajo 阪 イ313 Ooitame
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No worries as I shamelessly stole one of your pictures without permission and posted it over at WRF! https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/f216/why-did-army-revive-samurai-sword-design-1934-officers-770851-post2097543/#post2097543 1945-no54-late-naval-sword.pdf
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Here is a 昭 marked Kanetada for the database. https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/samurai-sword-markings-652734/
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See post #8.
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I think this table would look better if collectors could actually see what the symbols and kanji characters actually look like. Visuals aids can go a long way in my opinion.
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I double-checked the translation and it does translate as "softwood." This appears to be as you said a rather generic term and not a specific type of wood that could be used as a scabbard liner. The hilt liner on the other hand, was a different story. Below are the characters in case you want to pursue the matter further. 軟木 = softwood
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I would like to clarify exactly what the document is saying. The use of "Katsura" and "Linden" was for hilt liners. "Soft wood" was used for scabbard liners.
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But does your Nagamitsu have a Star stamp?
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The army created the Officer Military Sword Inspection Committee 将校軍刀鑑査委員会 in February 1942. They bought old swords from civilians, setup the RJT, and put the arsenals to work on making machine made officer's swords. Trotter-sensei translated or arranged to have translated, the specifications for the RJT swords and it clearly states the blades were to be dated. See "WW2 Rikugun Jumei Tosho Documents" in the Articles and Documents forum.
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Morita-sensei has already discussed the origin of the 昭 within a cherry blossom back in 2012. "The Seki Tanrensho book and others related infos" http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/9405-the-seki-tanrensho-book-and-others-related-infos/?do=findComment&comment=95504
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I thought you had already covered this topic before? "Informations About The Rjt" http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/23887-informations-about-the-rjt/?do=findComment&comment=314306
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Maybe this will help refresh everyone's memory. "Arsenal Stamps." http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/5999-arsenal-stamps/page-13?do=findComment&comment=302704
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I'm back with another cool sword, tell me about it, please
Kiipu replied to Karenfc's topic in Military Swords of Japan
I have one question for you. Is there a 東 inspection mark to the right of the blade serial number? Some will have it while others do not. It does not effect the value of the sword either way.